Robert Weigl ’67

Bob died Feb. 1, 2020, at his home in Alexandria, Va., of leukemia. Classmates knew him as a brilliant scholar but did not envision how his life would evolve into extraordinary service to society.

Bob came to Princeton from the Taft School. At Princeton, he majored in religion and roomed at 601 Cuyler with John Immerwahr and Jeff Teich. Bob was an active member of Campus Club, the Student Christian Association, Chapel Choir, Parking Squad, Young Democrats, and played interclub touch football. He graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa.

After graduation Bob received an M.A. and Ph.D. (1970, 1973) from the University of Michigan in clinical psychology. At Michigan, he co-founded a program for drug addicted and runaway youths, where he met a volunteer, Gail, who became his wife.

Starting his career in Alexandria, he spent 10 years as training director for the Mt. Vernon Center for Community Mental Health, from which he built the Franklin Center, a private psychotherapy clinic he ran for 32 years. He co-founded a program to assist Latino immigrants and, learning Spanish, worked with Virginia organizations on a variety of Latino community health programs. He served as mental-health consultant for 25 years to the Episcopal Church. For his many years of volunteer work he was named the 1998 volunteer of the year at Alexandria United Community Ministries, and he received the 2018 Impact Award frim Northern Virginia Family Service.

Bob is survived by Gail, sons Ted and Seth, and two grandchildren.